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Record: MDI000000002707

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Agutua Arm Ag - 1985
Related Record Type
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Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2021-Nov-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-18
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Silver

Secondary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Randall Lake Area

Latitude: 52° 50' 19.14"    Longitude: -91° 12' 50.84"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 620292   Northing: 5855816    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North

NTS Grid: 53B14SE

Point Location Description: Map in Assessment report 53B14SE0007

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: The occurrence is located between the Agutua Arm of Weagamow Lake and Randall Lake, about 160 km north of Pickle Lake. Access is by float plane.



Exploration History

1985: Northern Dynasty Explorations Ltd. carried out prospecting, soil and rock sampling, and mapping.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
53B14SE0019 53B14SE0007 53B14SE0007

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Berens River

Terrane: North Caribou

Domain: North Caribou Core

Belt: North Caribou

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Near
Diorite 2 Contains
Vein 3 quartz-tourmaline Host
Peridotite 4 serpentinzed Near

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
2BorniteEconomicOre
1QuartzEconomicGangue
2TourmalineEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Nov 01, 2021 (Therese Pettigrew) - Sample location TR-201 returned 66 ppm Ag and 280 ppb Au from a 2 cm wide, north-striking, 5 m long quartz-chalcopyrite-bornite-tourmaline vein hosted in a large diorite mass near its contact with a serpentine-magnetite lens (Assessment report 53B14SE0007)



Assay Samples

Assay Samples
CommodityAnalytical MethodDigestion Method ResultUnitLimitQualifier
GoldUnknown280ppb
SilverUnknown66ppm

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